Character Analysis of Hamlet
Hamlet, the prince of Denmark, suffered a lot in a short time. He father died without expectation. He mother married his uncle soon after his father’s death. How sad he is at that time! Then he meets the ghost of his father. He starts his revenge with suspicion.
Hamlet is a smart boy. Firstly, he feigns madness after the ghost tells him that his father was murdered by Claudius. From “As I perchance hereafter shall think meet/ To put an disposition on” (Act 1 Scene 5, Line 179 to 180) and from Act 2 Scene 1 Line 77 to 84, Ophelia told his father Polonius some strange actions of Hamlet, we can see that Hamlet began to behave like a mad man. Secondly, when there is a theatrical troupe coming to perform in the imperial palace, Hamlet comes up with a great idea. He directs a play with his talent on writing to prove that his uncle was the murder. From “There is a play tonight before the king: which I told thee of my father’s death… observe my uncle.”(Act 3 Scene 2 Line 75 to 80), we know that Hamlet want to prove his guessing. Thirdly, when Polonius is talking to Hamlet use words to baffle frustrate. According to “my lord, the queen would speak with you, and presently/ do you see yonder cloud that’s almost in shape of a camel…or like a whale” (Act 3 Scene 3 Line 365 to 373), we can see that Hamlet use words to play tricks on Polonius.
Our prince Hamlet becomes doubtful after the disaster of his family. He dares not to believe others any more. Firstly, on one hand, “never make known what you have seen tonight/ my lord we will not/nay, but swear’t…this do swear so grace and mercy at your most need help you.”(Act 1 Scene 5 Line 149 to 188), we know that he did not trust his friends Marcellus and Horatio. One the other hand, Hamlet does not believe what the ghost says. He plans a play to prove whether the ghost is good or not. Here is what Hamlet says: “observe my uncle. If his occulted guilt do not itself unkennel in one speech, it is a damage ghost that we have seen” (Act 3 Scene 2 Line 80 to 82).
Hamlet also becomes cruel and rude. Firstly, at the queen’s house, hamlet thinks the person who was behind the curtain is Claudius, and then he kills him. But when he finds it is Polonius, he doesn’t fell sorry about his death. He even say; “thou wretched rash, intruding fool, farewell, I took thee for thy better. Take thy fortune: thou find’st to be too busy is some danger” (Act 3 Scene 4 Line 32 to 34). Secondly, he treats the queen cruelly. “That blurs the grace and blush of modesty…proclaim no shame when the compulsive ardour gives the charge, since frost itself as actively doth burn and reason panders will…in the ran sweet of an enseamed bed , stew’d in corruption, honeying and making love over the nasty sty! ”(Act3 Scene 4 Line 41 to 94). His words are so cruel to his mother. He says what he wants to say and doesn’t pay any attention to his mother’s feeling. Thirdly, his actions to Ophelia are so rude. “Lady, shall I lie n your lap/ no my lord… that’s fair thought to lie between maids’ legs” (Act 3 Scene 2 Line 110 to 117).
Hamlet thinks too much and is hesitate. When Claudius is praying, it’s a chance for hamlet to kill him. However, Hamlet doesn’t want to send Claudius to the heaven. He gives up this chance, them Hamlet becomes a tragedy. “Now might I so it pats, now’a is a-praying and now I’ll do it …this physic but prolongs thy sickly days.” (Act 3 Scene 4 Line 72 to96).
Besides, our prince is very brave. When he has the first dating with the ghost, he shouts
loudly to his friends: “by heaven, I’ll make a ghost of him that lets me. I say, away. ” (Act 1 Scene 4 Line 85 to 86).
In a word, his suffering changes his characteristic from a gentle prince to a smart, doubtful, cruel and rude man.。